The first usage of the English word "Assamese" is noted in colonial times; based on same principle as Sinhalese(সিংহলী ভাষা), Nepalese (নেপালী ভাষা) and Canarese (কন্নড় ভাষা), derived from the Anglicised (ইংৰাজী ভাষাৰ ৰুপানতৰন) word "Assam"[15][16] with the suffix -ese, meaning "of Assam."[17]
In contrast, Western Assam (পশ্চিম অসম / নামনি অসম) in pre-colonial times was known as "Kamrup" (কামৰূপ)(instead of Asama,[18][19][20] and considered a politically, socially and culturally separate unit from the rest of the state.[21]
In the 16th-century, the Ahom kingdom (আহোম ৰাজ্য) came to be known as the "Kingdom of Acham" to the Mughals(মোগল); and following them, the British.[22] In 1682 the eastern Kamrup (পূব কামৰূপ) was annexed by Ahom kingdom[23]and the expanded kingdom continued to be called "Kingdom of Assam"[24] till 1821 when the Ahom kingdom becamepart of the Burmese Empire (কোনবাউং ৰাজবংশ).[25]
Assamese was originally the local language of the Assamese Brahmins (অসমীয়া ব্ৰাহ্মণ) who taught Hinduism (হিন্দু ধৰ্ম) in Assam.[26]
Just as "Assam" was associated with the Ahom kingdom till the 19th century "Asamiya" was used for the subjects and soldiers of that kingdom who belonged to different ethnic and linguistic backgrounds and not solely to the Ahom community (আহোম জনগোষ্ঠী).[27][not in citation given]
After Assam became part of British India (বৃটিছ ভাৰতৰ), the newly constituted province came to be known as Assamafter its largest constituent, and the name Assamese / Asamiya (অসমীয়া) came to be associated with theAssamese language erstwhile known as Kamrupi (কামৰূপী).[28]
Different views[edit]
According to Yasmin Saikia, "the group that now identifies as Tai–Ahom (টাই–আহোম) were historically seen as Assamese people. However, the term ethnic Assamese is now associated by the Indian government atDelhi (দিল্লী) with the Assamese speaking Indo-Aryan (ইণ্ডো-আৰ্য) group (comprising both Hindus and Muslims) of Assam (অসম). The latter group is the majority people of Assam, while the Tai-Ahom people were a dominant minority during the Ahom Rule (আহোম ৰাজ).[29]
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In contrast, Western Assam (পশ্চিম অসম / নামনি অসম) in pre-colonial times was known as "Kamrup" (কামৰূপ)(instead of Asama,[18][19][20] and considered a politically, socially and culturally separate unit from the rest of the state.[21]
In the 16th-century, the Ahom kingdom (আহোম ৰাজ্য) came to be known as the "Kingdom of Acham" to the Mughals(মোগল); and following them, the British.[22] In 1682 the eastern Kamrup (পূব কামৰূপ) was annexed by Ahom kingdom[23]and the expanded kingdom continued to be called "Kingdom of Assam"[24] till 1821 when the Ahom kingdom becamepart of the Burmese Empire (কোনবাউং ৰাজবংশ).[25]
Assamese was originally the local language of the Assamese Brahmins (অসমীয়া ব্ৰাহ্মণ) who taught Hinduism (হিন্দু ধৰ্ম) in Assam.[26]
Just as "Assam" was associated with the Ahom kingdom till the 19th century "Asamiya" was used for the subjects and soldiers of that kingdom who belonged to different ethnic and linguistic backgrounds and not solely to the Ahom community (আহোম জনগোষ্ঠী).[27][not in citation given]
After Assam became part of British India (বৃটিছ ভাৰতৰ), the newly constituted province came to be known as Assamafter its largest constituent, and the name Assamese / Asamiya (অসমীয়া) came to be associated with theAssamese language erstwhile known as Kamrupi (কামৰূপী).[28]
Different views[edit]
According to Yasmin Saikia, "the group that now identifies as Tai–Ahom (টাই–আহোম) were historically seen as Assamese people. However, the term ethnic Assamese is now associated by the Indian government atDelhi (দিল্লী) with the Assamese speaking Indo-Aryan (ইণ্ডো-আৰ্য) group (comprising both Hindus and Muslims) of Assam (অসম). The latter group is the majority people of Assam, while the Tai-Ahom people were a dominant minority during the Ahom Rule (আহোম ৰাজ).[29]
See also[edit]
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